Bailadila (Kirandul and Bacheli complexes): an iron ore operation in India
Bailadila (Kirandul and Bacheli complexes) is a mine producing iron ore in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India, operated by NMDC. The sources report 37,500 thousand tonnes, converted from "around 37.5 MTPA" as printed in the management discussion for FY2025-26 (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026); the basis is as reported by the operator for the two complexes together. The sources do not give a whole-operation figure in usable ore that can be compared with world output, so no share is computed.
Who owns and operates it?
| Owner | Interest | As of |
|---|---|---|
| NMDC | — | 31 March 2026 |
How much does it produce?
| Period | Output | Basis | Where in the source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025-26 (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026) | 37,500 thousand tonnes, converted from "around 37.5 MTPA" as printed in the management discussion | as reported by the operator for the two complexes together | PDF p.154, Management Discussion and Analysis, 1.2 Operating Projects, paragraph on the two complexes in Dantewada · NMDC Limited |
Status: operating, as of 31 March 2026.
- The report prints company-wide iron ore production as 531.58 lakh tonnes, wet metric tonnes (53.16 Mt) for FY2025-26, up from 440.72 lakh tonnes in FY2024-25 (PDF p.160). The two complexes together (37.5 Mt) and Donimalai (15.6 Mt) add to that total within rounding.
- NMDC prints the figure for the two complexes together as 'around' a rounded number, so no share of world output is computed.
How does it compare?
Other iron ore operations on this site: Hamersley mines (Rio Tinto Pilbara), Hope Downs (Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting), Robe River - Robe Valley, Robe River - West Angelas, Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), Simandou Blocks 3 and 4 (SimFer), Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO), Fortescue Pilbara hematite operations, Iron Bridge (magnetite), Onslow Iron, Serra Sul (S11D), Carajas, Serra Norte, Carajas. In India: Donimalai Iron Ore Complex (Donimalai and Kumaraswamy pits). See where iron ore comes from for the country totals, the country page for India, and NMDC for its other operations here.
Sources
- NMDC Limited: Integrated Annual Report 2025-26 (annual report (disclosed 2026-09-06), FY2025-26 (Apr 2025 to Mar 2026)). Opened 4 November 2026; used: PDF pp.17, 46, 154, 160, 186; also PDF pp.184, 188, 199.
- U.S. Geological Survey: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Iron Ore (government statistical summary, 2025 (world and country mine production of usable ore)). Opened 3 November 2026; used: world and country mine production table, usable ore.
Method and limits
- Reported, not estimated. Output is the figure the operator or owner published, in the unit it used. This site does not estimate output where none is published.
- Shares. A share divides output in usable ore by the USGS world or country total for 2025. Where the operator's year is a fiscal year or the unit is a concentrate or a carbonate equivalent, the share is approximate or not given.
- What is compared. Operators print tonnes of ore: saleable production for most, run-of-mine and pelletizing feed for Vale, and shipments for Fortescue and Onslow Iron, mostly as wet tonnes. The figure is compared with the USGS usable-ore total, which does not state a moisture basis, so the share is indicative.
- Whole operation or owner's share. The basis column says which. A joint venture's output is never counted twice.
- Partial list. Only operations with a published figure are listed, so the rank is among those on this site, not among every iron ore mine. Shares of a country's output mix periods and bases, so treat them as indicative.
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